This is an excellent opportunity to join the Nutrition and Dietetics Service in Fife. The Band 5 posts are rotational posts which offer you a range of opportunities to develop your knowledge, skills and experience in a different clinical teams and areas of dietetics. We have rotational Band 5 posts in our Hospital Services Team, Community Services Team, Diabetes and Weight Management Team and Child and Young Person Team.
We are looking for 2 Band 5 Dietitians with good clinical, organisational, communication and team working skills to join the NHS Fife Nutrition and Dietetic Service.
The Dietitians work closely and collaboratively with dietetic colleagues within the Nutrition and Dietetic Service, consultants, GP’s, nursing staff, AHP’s and the wider MDT Teams.
The Band 5 posts tend to rotate on a 9 – 12 monthly basis. Your knowledge, skills and experience and current service demands will determine which Team the posts will initially start in.
Nutrition & Dietetics Service
This is a Fife wide service, with a leadership structure arranged around clinical teams. These are Hospital Services, Community Services, Diabetes & Weight Management and Child & Young Person. Fife has a non prescribing ordering model (NPO) for oral nutritional supplements. We deliver a range of services using dietetic led models of care.
We provide dietetic student training for A, B & C placements. All staff participate in the delivery and organisation of the placements. Staff within the Service are encouraged to participate in the service wide, fortnightly education and training sessions delivered on Teams by a range of internal and external speakers. The Service actively supports staff in their continuing professional development. We have very good administration and IT support and utilise social media and online digital resources.
We have an established network for our Band 5 Dietitians that deliver opportunities for networking, peer support, development of knowledge and skills and learning.
Registered with HCPC, you will have the skills, competencies and experience appropriate for the posts. Induction and training will be provided to facilitate transition into your new role.
We are very keen to hear from you.
If you want to find out more about this role, please contact Katie Duncan, Clinical Lead Dietitian at katie.duncan@nhs.scot or 01592 729124 / Clare McLeish, Clinical Lead Dietitian at clare.mcleish@nhs.scot or 01592 643355 Extension 28418, to arrange an informal discussion.
Unsuccessful but suitable candidates may be offered the option to join the dietetic bank.
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We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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